''Phagun'' () is a 1973

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film written and directed by

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, and starring

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and Vijay Arora as leads. This offbeat romantic drama has memorable songs by

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and Majrooh Sultanpuri (Lyrics), including the perennial favourite Holi song, 'Piya sang khelo hori phagun aayo re' – Lata Mangeshkar.

Plot

The film has a Maharashtrian backdrop with many characters speaking Marathi dialogues and are in Marathi costumes. ''Shanta Damle'' (

), who belongs to rich Maharashtrian business family, falls in love and marries, a not so well off writer, ''Gopal'' (

), much to her family's dismay. Later during the pivotal song, 'Piya sang khelo hori phagun aayo re', Gopal who has been away, surprises her by putting

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colour over her, Shanta immediately rebukes him, for spoiling her silk saree, only to please her disapproving parents. But Gopal having been publicly humiliated leaves home, never to return.

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, the month in which festival

is celebrated, had changed forever for Shanta. Shanta is now left to raise their daughter, ''Santosh 'Toshi alone, who grows up to be a bright young woman (

). Santosh falls in love with ''Dr. Suman'' ( Vijay Arora) and marries him. At some point, Shanta moves in with them for while, and soon her presence starts interfering in the marriage of the young couple, who try hard to adjust with her, but it only creates tension in their marriage. Shanta's loneliness, and her growing affection for her son-in-law, soon reminds her of the fact that how much does she miss male company, this only adds to her trouble and guilt. In the end, she begs that she be reunited with her husband, after all these years, and Gopal returns, and they are reunited.

Cast

- ''Gopal'' *

- ''Shanta Damle'' *

- ''Santosh 'Toshi * Vijay Arora - ''Dr. Suman'' *

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- ''Dr. M.K. Effendi'' * V. Gopal

Soundtrack

Music:

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, Lyrics:

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* Piya sang khelo hori phagun aayo re -

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* Sandhya jo aaye man ud jaaye jaane re kahaan -

* Kab maane o dil ke mastaane -

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, Kishore Kumar * Doosro na koi mero to girdhar gopal doosro na -

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* Bedardi ban gaye koi jaao manaao more saiyyaan -

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* Laali mere laal ki jit dekhoo tit laal - Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Mitra

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0070530, title=Phagun Films scored by S. D. Burman 1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films directed by Rajinder Singh Bedi